Welch et al. (2017) (17) International | GRADE equity guidelines 1: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: introduction and rationale | GRADE Working Group | The aim of this article is to introduce “the rationale and methods for explicitly considering health equity in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology for development of clinical, public health, and health system guidelines.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/expert consensus) |
Akl et al. (2017) (41) International | GRADE equity guidelines 2: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: equity extension of the guideline development checklist | GRADE Working Group | The objective of this article was to “provide guidance for guideline developers on how to consider equity at key stages of the guideline development process.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/expert consensus) |
Welch et al. (2017) (42) International | GRADE equity guidelines 3: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: rating the certainty of synthesized evidence | GRADE Working Group | The aim of this paper is to “provide guidance to address health equity when rating the certainty in synthesized evidence using the Grading Recommendations Assessment and Development Evidence (GRADE) approach.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/expert consensus) |
Pottie et al. (2017) (43) International | GRADE equity guidelines 4: guidance on how to assess and address health equity within the evidence to decision process | GRADE Working Group | “The aim of this paper is to provide detailed guidance on how to incorporate health equity within the GRADE (Grading Recommendations Assessment and Development Evidence) evidence to decision process.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/expert consensus) |
Eslava- Schmalbach et al. (2017) (44) International | Considering health equity when moving from evidence-based guideline recommendations to implementation: a case study from an upper-middle income country on the GRADE approach | GRADE Working Group | The aim of this article is to “provide guidance for consideration of equity during guideline implementation,” illustrated through a Columbian case study on the development of the clinical practice guideline for pregnancy, childbirth or puerperium complications. | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/expert consensus/ case study) |
Dewidar et al. (2020) (2) International | Over half of the WHO guidelines published from 2014 to 2019 explicitly considered health equity issues: a cross-sectional survey | World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Review Committee | The aim of this article is “to evaluate how and to what extent health equity considerations are assessed in World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (cross- sectional survey) |
Pottie et al. (2021) (45) International | GRADE Concept Paper 1: Validating the “F.A.C.E” instrument using stakeholder perceptions of feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity in guideline implement | GRADE Equity and Stakeholder Engagement Project Groups | “This article introduces a structured decision and dissemination support approach entitled GRADE feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity (FACE) to improve implementation and dissemination of guidelines after their development.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (expert consensus) |
Rehfuess et al. (2019) (29) International | The WHO- INTEGRATE evidence to decision framework version 1.0: integrating WHO norms and values and a complexity perspective | The World Health Organization | This paper “reports on the development of an evidence to decision (EtD) framework that is rooted in WHO norms and values, reflective of the changing global health landscape, and suitable for a range of interventions and complexity features. We also sought to assess the value of this framework to decision- makers at global and national levels, and to facilitate uptake through suggestions on how to prioritize criteria and methods to collect evidence.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (critical appraisal of literature/ expert consensus) |
World Health Organization (2014) (46) | Handbook for Guideline Development Extract chapter 5: Incorporating equity, gender, human rights and social determinants into guidelines | The World Health Organization | The aim of this handbook is to describe how important considerations of equity, human rights principles, gender, and other social determinants of health can be “integrated into each step of the guideline development process and suggest eight entry points for doing so.” | Not specified | Not specified | Report (handbook) |
Liburd et al. (2020) (47) United States | Addressing health equity in public health practice: frameworks, promising strategies, and measurement considerations | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | The review “describes the context of health equity and options for integrating health equity into public health practice.” Examples of conceptual frameworks and approaches to assessing progress are discussed. | Not specified | Public health | Journal article (literature review) |
National Health and Medical Research Council (2018) (28) Australia | Guidelines for guidelines: equity | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) | The aim of the Guidelines for Guidelines Handbook is to help NHMRC guideline developers produce high quality guidelines that meet the NHMRC Standards for Guidelines. The equity section of the handbook provides “practical steps that can be taken to consider equity in the development of guidelines.” | Not specified | Not specified | Report (handbook) |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) (48) United Kingdom | Promoting health and preventing premature mortality in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups | The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) | NICE quality statements provide guidance and quality standards on specific areas in which people from black, Asian, and other minority ethnic groups experience health inequalities. | Minority ethnic groups | Public health | Report (quality standard guidance) |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) (49) United Kingdom | NICE’s equality objectives and equality program 2020–2024 | The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) | “This document summarises NICE’s legal and other obligations and describes NICE’s approach to meeting them, particularly its process of equality analysis, and how it will report its impact on equality.” | Not specified | Public health | Report (guidance document) |
Berentson-Shaw (2012) (50) New Zealand | Reducing inequality in health through evidence-based clinical guidance: Is it feasible? The New Zealand experience | New Zealand Guidelines Group | The aim of the article is to present “a multifaceted framework, which has been developed in New Zealand to ensure health inequalities experienced by Māori (the indigenous population within New Zealand) are addressed when developing evidence- based guidance.” | Indigenous population (Māori) | Public health | Journal article (framework) |
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (2019) (51) United Kingdom | SIGN 50: a guideline developer’s handbook | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) | The main aim of this report is to “provide a reference tool that may be used by individual members of guideline development groups as they work through the development process.” The paper outlines the key elements of the development process common to all SIGN guidelines, including the consideration of issues of equity. | Not specified | Public health | Report (guideline manual) |
Prescott et al. (2020) (52) Canada | Applying a health equity tool to assess a public health nursing guideline for practice in sexually transmitted infection assessment in British Columbia | Equity Lens in Public Health Research Team | “As part of the Equity Lens in Public Health (ELPH) research project, an assessment of the nursing guideline, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Assessment Decision Support Tool, was undertaken using the Assessing Equity in Clinical Practice Guidelines health equity assessment tool.” | Not specified | Public health and community health nursing | Journal article (review and critical guideline appraisal) |
Razon et al. (2020) (53) United States | Clinical hypertension guidelines and social determinants of health: a systematic scoping review | University of California San Francisco | The aim of the review is to conduct “a scoping review of published guidelines on adult hypertension to explore how existing guidelines direct clinicians to address patients’ social conditions as part of hypertension management.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article [preprint] (scoping review) |
Barnabe et al. (2021) (54) Canada | Informing the GRADE evidence to decision process with health equity considerations: demonstration from the Canadian rheumatoid arthritis care context | NA | The aim of this study was to demonstrate how each step of the Evidence to Decision (EtD) Framework was approached for 6 priority population groups for an upcoming Canadian Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment guideline. | Rural and remote residents, Indigenous Peoples, elderly persons with frailty, minority populations of first-generation immigrants and refugees, persons with low socioeconomic status or who are vulnerably housed, and sex and gender populations | Public health | Journal article (literature review/expert consensus) |
Engl et al. (2022) (55) International | Children living with disabilities are neglected in severe malnutrition protocols: a guideline review | NA | The aim of the study is to evaluate the “current status of recommendations for children living with disabilities in national and international severe acute malnutrition guidelines.” | Children living with disabilities | Not specified | Journal article (guideline review) |
Eslava- Schmalbach et al. (2016) (56) International | Incorporating equity issues into the development of Colombian clinical practice guidelines: suggestions for the GRADE approach | NA | “To propose how to incorporate equity issues, using the GRADE approach, into the development and implementation of Colombian Clinical Practice Guidelines.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/ survey/expert consensus) |
Eslava-Schmalbach et al. (2011) (15) Colombia | Incorporating equity into developing and implementing for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines | NA | The main purpose “of this analysis is to argue why it is necessary to consider the incorporation of equity considerations in the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines based on the evidence.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (narrative synthesis) |
Machluf et al. (2020) (57) Israel | Gender medicine: lessons from COVID-19 and other medical conditions for designing health policy | NA | The paper presents a “literature review on the extent to which research in gender-specific differences in medical conditions has developed over the years and reveals gaps in gender-sensitive awareness between the clinical portrayal and the translation into gender-specific treatment regimens, guidelines and into gender-oriented preventive strategies and health policies.” | Gender differences | Not specified | Journal article (literature review) |
Magwood et al. (2020) (58) Canada | Determinants of implementation of a clinical practice guideline for homeless health | NA | “The aim of this study is to identify determinants of guideline implementation from the perspective of patients and practitioner stakeholders for a homeless health guideline.” | Persons who experienced homelessness | Community health | Journal article (survey/ framework analysis) |
Mizen et al. (2012) (20) United Kingdom | Clinical guidelines contribute to the health inequities experienced by individuals with intellectual disabilities | NA | “This study uses an equity lens developed by the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) to examine how well clinical guidelines address inequities experienced by individuals with intellectual disabilities.” | Individuals with intellectual disabilities | Not specified | Journal article (critical guideline appraisal) |
Rai et al. (2022) (59) International | Gender differences in international cardiology guideline authorship: a comparison of the US, Canadian, and European cardiology guidelines from 2006 to 2020 | NA | The aim of this article was to explore “trends and gender differences in the guideline writing groups of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association, Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and European Society of Cardiology guidelines from 2006 to 2020.” | Women in cardiology | Cardiology guideline authorship | Journal article (guideline review) |
Shi et al. (2014) (27) International | How equity is addressed in clinical practice guidelines: a content analysis | NA | “This study aims to qualitatively synthesize the methods for incorporating equity in clinical practice guidelines.” | Not specified | Not specified | Journal article (literature review/content analysis) |